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The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-08

This being the case, had any one
private individual any right to
make an armed attack upon it for
the pur urpose of breaking it up?
Would not such an attack, if made
by single unofficial individual,
have e constituted felony? If so,
would itnot, if committed by many
individ duals, have equally consti-
tuted d felony7- And if, when COM
mitted by the people themselves,
or by that portion of them who
were opposed to the eight-hour
labor movement, it would have
been a felony, was it not equally
a felony when committed by their
agents the policemen in question? ?
Can the agent have more power
than the principal? Can the peo-
ple-or portion of them confer
upon their agents, the police,
rights and powers, which they
themselves do not possess.
If not, what right had those agents
to make the attack in question
upon peaceable portion of their
principals of those upon whom
they depended for their authority
and their salaries? Were they
not appointed, paid and sworn to
protect all peaceable and lawful
meetings, like this, and to prevent
anything that would tend to pro-
duce breach of the peace, or that
would lead to bloodshed? In do
ing then, themselves, the very
things they were appointed and
paid and sworn to prevent, were
they not guilty of graver offense
than would have been a mob of
similar roughs who without police
mems badges, have had made a
similar attack upon that meeting
Is not the dog that kills the sheep
that he is set to watch more culpa-
BILE than is the wolf which, in do
ing the same thing, betrays no
trust2 Is not the man who fires
the house that he is set to guard
more criminal than is the COM
mon incendiary who, in doing the
same thing, betrays no trust? And
is it not the same with these
traitor policemen who broke the
peace they were setto guard? Had
the attack been made by a mob of
common rufians, would not the
members ofthat meeting have had
a clear right to defend themselves? !?
If SO, did they not have an equally
clear right to defend themselves
against the attack of the still more
guilty mob of traitors who did at
tack them3 If, in the case of the
common ruAians, some members
Of the mob, while making their as
sault, had been slain. would any
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-08

no such conspiracy was proved
against these defendants, and no
such murder was proved to have
been committed on the occasion
of the Haymarket meeting. In
deed no criminal offense of any
kind was proved against these de-
PENDANTS, or against any other
members of that meeting.
did not the killing of the po-
licemen by the throwing of the
bomb among them constitute a
criminal offense? If that bomb
was thrown, as there is good rea-
son to believe that it was, by an
assassin hired for that purpose by
the monopolistic enemies of these
defendants and of the cause of la
Dor which they were so boldly and
so ably advancing-hire for the
express purpose of thus breaking
up the meeting in question, of
thus securing pretext for the de-
stroying of these, the leaders of
the labor movement, and of thus
crushing that movement itself-if
all of this was true, then the kill
ing in question did constitute a
Grim inal offense of the highest
grade, a criminal offense, however,
not on the part of these defendants,
not on the part of any of their
friends, but on the part of their
prosecutors, the enemies of labor.
If, on the other hand, that bomb
was thrown by some member of
the meeting in question, in the in
tense excitement and mortal fear
occasioned by the sudden, the un-
expected, the unprovoked, the
outrageous, and the deadly attack
of the policemen upon that meet
ing-if it was thus thrown in self
defense-then the killing occa-
stoned by the throwing of it did
not constitute a criminal offense.
1t is | think we'll established
point of law and of equity that no
man is entitled to any redress for
any injury to life, limb or prop
erty which he may receive while
in the act of committing felony,
and as direct result of that act.
1t is also an equally we'll estab-
lished point that no man is to be
held guilty of a felony for any in
jury which he may do to the life,
the limb or the property of a felon
while resisting the ltter's attempt
to commit felony. But did
those policemen lose their lives
while in the act of committing a
felony3 hold that they did.
Let us see. 1t is not claimed that
the meeting in question was 9TH
erwise than a lawful and peacea-
BILE asscmblage of the people.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-10-08
THE LAW.
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the ignorant, to define the various
natural and inalienable rights OF
man and to protect these rights.
When we clearly understand these
rights we can easily understand
all the natural wrongs which es-
sentially consist in the invasion OF
these rights.
But" it may be asked, If there
be no law to decide the matter,
who is to be the Judge as to
whether a certain thing be right or
wrongl" In reply to this very
communication will say that, as
we have already seen, "law' can
never decide the right or the
wrong of anything. In nature we
find the only tribunal that can ever
properly try, and correctly decide
this matter. The natural standard
of judgment is that whatever tends
to augment the sum of human
happiness is right, and that what
ever tends to produce contrary
effect is wrong. The seat of judg-
ment is in every individuals mind.
If the question should arise as to
whether the burning of a mans
hand gives him pleasure or pain,
a majorityrvote of a legislature
could never decide the question.
1t would have to be decided in the
man's,mind. So, should the ques-
ton arise as to what is the pro-
duct Of three multiplied by three,
the question could never be de-
cided by majority vote of leg
islature. BY that vote it might be
made seventeen. The question
would have to be settled by each
individual in his own mind; and,
among properly educated people,
there would soon be no difference
of opinion. And so of our inalien-
able rights; they are few and easy
to understand. Were the people
not cursed into total blindness by
the immense mass of our absurd
and wicked arbitrary laws there
would be no more difference
of opinion among them in regard
to the various rights and the va.
rious wrongs than there now is in
regard to the various products ir
the multiplication table.
And now having sufficiently
considered the laws and the prin.
ciples involved in the case let us
proceed to consider the case ol
the seven condemned anarchists
who are now lying in a Chicago
dungeon awaiting death by mur.
der, as ! call it. AT the hands of a
lawfully appointed public mur-
derer. And why are these men
doomed to be thus publicly mur-
dered1 Of what crime have they
been proven guilty2
Crime as ! have already suffi.
ciently shown consists solely and
essentially in the invasion on the
part of one individual of some one
or more of the inalienable rights
OF another individual. But whe
can name an individual who has
been by any of these men injured
in any of his inalienable rights
1T the enemies of these men can
not name any such individual,
then these men stand uncdeyicted,
except by monstrous farce. of
any crime at all; and, if these men
be put to death, as they probably
will be, their slayers will stand
before the world as the most, cow
ardly and atrocious of murderers.
these seven condemned men il
seems were charged with "mur-
der or at least with being "acces-
sories before the fact" to a muir.
der committed by some unknown
person.; and in order to convict
them even indirectly with this So
called murder, an attempt was
made by their enemies to nrove
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racyl We all know that they were
not. And none know this better
than do the members of the inqui-
sition-the so-called court before
which the monstrous farce called
the trial of these men was enacted.
We all know that these men were
really tried and condemned to die
for being bold and able leaders
of the labor movement in Chicago
leaders whose arguments could
not be answered by their monop-
olistic enemies. and whose voices
SO dangerous to monopolistic des-
potism could be hushed only in
death. From time immemorial
this has been the favorite method
adopted by despots, both of
church and state, Of. silencing
those whose arguments they could
not answer. Thus were Socrates,
Cicero, Jesus, Hypatia, Bruno and
a thousand others of the worlds
benefactors successfully silenced.
What is conspiracy Let us
see. The word conspire is COM
posed Of the two Latin words: con,
together; and sbirarr, to breath,
to whisper, and means to breathe
or whisper together. A conspira-
cy then is breathing or whisper
ing togetherron the part of two or
more persons-a planning or plot
ting of something, not necessarily
crime, in so cautious and secret
manner that all the words of the
plotters are uttered in breath
alone-in whisperings and not in
vocal sounds. AS an example of
conspiracy we have the case of
Samuel Adams and his co-plotters
of Boston. In so cautious and Sc
cret a manner that even their
breathings-their whisperings-
never reached the public, the par
ties plotted the destruction of a
whole cargo of tea, the harmless
private property of an inoffensive,
law-abi ding fellow-citizen. Hav-
ing thus perfected their conspira-
cy they proceeded silently and in
disguise in the darkness of night
to execute the object of that con-
spiracy. Here we have a real con-
spiracy-a conspiracy not only to
violate the laws of their country,
but also to commit a real crime by
invading the inalienable right of
the tea merchant to enjoy his own
private property. And yet in the
histories prepared as textbooks
for our public schools, this con-
spiracy and its accomplishment
are lauded as models for the ad-
ministration and the imitation of
our rising generation.
In itself conspiracy is not a
crime. In orderto become a
crime its object must be of Grim
inal nature and must be actually
accomplished. Had the tea in
the case just cited not been de-
stroyed no ones inalienable rights
would have been invaded, and
consequently the mere conspiracy
to destroy it would not have con-
stituted crime. The conspira-
tors would have exhibited a dis
position or willingness to commit
a crime, but this would no more
have constituted crime than
would a disposition or willingness
to build a house constitutea house.
In order to constitute a capital Of
fense conspiracy must involve a
murder in the first degree-an
actually accomplished murder in
cold blood and with malice afore-
thought.
Even before a court composed
mostly of their enemies-of men
acting directly in the interest of
Chicago's monopolistic despots,
and with the vilest of mnopoly's
creatures on the witness stand.
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al owe Of cattle. without any regard i"r
age or sex, and When through sheer ex-
haustion one % their victims falls by
the roadside, have seen the fiendS com
Del him with the butt os their muskct-
to rise up aad walk. ESCAPED IN tilt
larl.noss % night. With o:ie arm shat
tered v enc Of their random shots, and
ran until exhausted b. lpss OF blood
when | fell where You found ne. They
will oyerrun Acadia and will drive away
its people. who are hostile 10 their gov
eminent. ana will raid your town III two
or three days at the latest. Ny good
friends. added he. you cannot resist them
abandon your homes and seek safety
elsewhere. While y u have yet tie time
and opportunity to 90 50.
Yol may Hell imagiae paiiOts, tina. our
anxiety was great when We heard tins
terrible news. We stood there not Know
ing what to DO. although Our time was
precious and it was necessary for IL to
devise some plan for our protection and
safety. In our sad predicament our on
ly alternative was TO apply TO our old
curate for advice in so critical an ener-
gency.
lie gave Us words Of encouragement
and Withdrew to his room with Our ell
ders 10 map cut plan for future action
We remained in the church yard, grouped
together an speaking in whispers. ON
souls narrowed by the most despalring
thoughts.
To be continued.
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THE CREOLESj OF
LOUISIANA;
Or, "reminiscences Of an Old
Acadian.
BY FELIX VOORHEES,.
CHAPTER "

overcome with emotion; she hung her
head and wept. Awed into admiration
miagled with reverence for her noble
sentiments and for the ardent love she
still cherished in the depths OF her
heart for her lost country, We gazed upon
her in silence and understo ID now why
it was that she always wept when she
spoke of Acadia. With an effort she
threw off her depressiohs and brushing
away her tears she continued:
Petiots, she said with sweet, sad
time, "Your grandmother weeps again
wnen the remembrance OF her sufferings
and her wrongs comes back To Ter heart
She is an old woman and her tears
sOothe her grit. The sears Of a wOun
ded heart never heal entirely; JOY anC
happiness alone leave no yeStige of til ell
passage, as you snail learn hereafter
But why should speak to you in Til.
way Soon enough you will learn more
from tho teachings of grim experience
than from all my maxims and saying
howSOeyer wise and judiciOus they may
be.
II was bruited in cur colony Of St. Ga
triel that the english were landing
troops III Acadia. Whence came the ru
n0r 40 one could tell and it would Eav,
bcta il possible to trace it to its source
and yet, uncer,aiu as it was, il created
considerable uneasinesS in our village
Bad news travels fast, petiOts, and i
looked as i. SOME evil genius took delight
in dispatching winged messengers t,
scatter the tidings broadcast over th,
land. The rumOr was confirmed in /;
manner as traGical as it was nHexpec-
ted.
Early one morning at dawn OF day, ;
young man was found unconscious OF
the green near the church. His arm
was shattered, he was bleeding profusel.
and it was with The greatest difficult,
that we restored him to life. When h
opened his eyes, his lock was wild ant
terrified, and despite his weakness an
exhaustion he made desperate effort t,
rise and flee.
We Quieted him with friendly word
and lie heaved deep sigh Of satisfac
tiOn. He had burning fever and hi
parched lips quiyered as he muttere,
his incoherent words. We remove,
him to the priests house, where hi
wound was dressed. and when he hat
recovered from the exhaustion occasion
ed by lost of blood, ne related to us wha
had happened to him. and we Listened
to his words in breath!ess suspense an,
anxiety.
The English, said he, have lande,
troops on the eastern coast of Acadia
and gre committing the most atrociou
cruelties. Their inhumanity surpasse
belief. They pillage and burn out vii
lagos and even lay sacrilegious hands o!
the sacred vessels in our churches. The,
tear the wives from their husbands. tn
children from their parents, aid the,
drive their i'll fated victims towards tn,
sea-shore and stow them in ships whicl
set sail Immediately for some unknown
land. They spare only such as becom
traitors to their God and to their king
They raided our village at dusk yasteria!
and they repeated there the same wan
ton outrages and cruelties. They redu
ced IL to ashes and the least cxpOstula
tiOn Oh our part exposed us TO be sho
down like felons. They have driven tht
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General News.

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The widow of an editor in Shawnee, o.,
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1t has been proposed that the junrikisha
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In the office desk OF cancer doctor of
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statue of the late Alfred Krupp is to be
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A little Michigan girl has, without assist
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In Brown county, H., there is a farmer
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piano, hiss never been within ten miles of
railway, never wore collar or necktie, and
never had on pair of socks.
The statistics of the ascents of Mont Blanc
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Russian women. 4; American women, 3 !;
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w WASHINGTON.

During the war the United States govern
nieut constructed temporary batteries at var
ious points on the Maine coast, which, on the
cessation of hostlities, were dismantled One
of these was located at Machiasport, partly
on land owned by James Lyon Sanborn. In
June 1866, Capt Henry lnman, U. S. A,
gave Mr.. Sanborn a certificate authorizing
h.m to use ard occupy the land owned by the
United States until required by the govern
ment, provided he took proper care of it. In
Nav. 1866, First Lieut.. H. J. Hayden of the
Sd Maine Artillery, gave Mr.. Sanborn Ger.
tihcste, which, in consideration of his releas
ing the United States from all claims for the
use OF his land, surrendered to him the build
ings erected by the government on both its
own and Mr. Ssnborns land with the except
ton of one structure which went t.
another party. Mr.. Sanborn occupied the
buildings and the land until this spring, when
he WAS notified by one Samuel Tobey that he
vas going to tear down the buildings. Tobev
PRODUCED no authority for so doing and MIR.
Sanborn wrote to the War Department at
Washington, sending copies of the certlf-
Gates of Capt Inman and Lieut.. Hayden,
stating Tobey's purpose and asking for his
authority Before an answer WAS received
on June 9th of this year James Peterson and
Franklin Sanborn acting under Tobey's IN
structions came to one of the buildings where
Mr.. Sanborn at the time was and ordered him
to leave as they were going to tear it down.
Dir. Sanborn refused. They forcibly entered
9 nd on his resisting them, they, threw him to
the floor and finally elected him from the
premises with much unnecessary violence,
Mr.. Sanborn, who was an old man, died about
three weeks after this occurrence and 1t is al
legged that his death was largely due to ipjur-
les then sustained. Meanwhile the buildings
were removed by Tobey. Afterwards let
ser was received from the Secretary of War
;heu acting. In brief it stated that Capt In
m9n was not authorized to grant him (San-
born) the use of the government land and
that Samuel Tobey had on February l4th of
this year been appointed custodian Of the mil
itary reservation at Machiasport. The letter
did not question Lieut.. Hayden's certificates.
tut held that Mir. Ssnborn's claim was not
substautia.ed. The sons of James L. San
born have taken the matter up and employed
Judge c. b Rounds as counsel, and a strong
effort will be made to show that BY virtue of
Lieut.. Hsvden's certificate, Tobey has no
right TO destroy the buildings, at least with
out suitable notice He will also be proceed
cd against on account of the alleged fatal
violence of June 9th.